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GA RD EN EES' MA GA Z1NE. 



Editorial communications should be addressed to the Editor of the Gardeners 

 Magazine, 148 and 149, Aldersgate Street, E.C. 



Specimens of plants, flowers, and fruits lor naming or opinion should be sent to 

 the Editor of the Gardeners' Magazine, " Endsleigh," Priory Park, Kew, 

 Surrey, and as early in the week as possible. All parcels must be sufficiently 

 prepaid. • * 



Roses.— A. II., Barton: Eugenie Verdier and Marie Finger are now con- 

 sidered so much alike as to be regarded as synonymous, where exhibitors are con- 

 cerned. With regard to the temperature of water for destroying green-fly, there is 

 no doubt that 150 degrees in the work mentioned is a misprint, as tender rose 

 shoots would not stand that heat ; 120 degrees is sufficient to kill the fly, while it 

 does not damage the plant. 



R.H.S. Committees.— J. J. B., Battle: The next R.H.S. meeting takes 

 place on Tuesday, September 20th. Your melon should be addressed to Mr. S. 

 T. Wright, Superintendent, Royal Horticultural Society, Drill Hall, St. James's 

 Street, Victoria Street, S.W. It should be securely packed, carriage paid, and 

 timed to arrive at the Drill Hall before 12 o'clock on the 20th inst. Send the 

 Secretary, R.H.S., 117, Victoria Street, S.W., a notification of your intention to 



exhibit, 



Thrips on Ferns.— F. J., Norwood : Syringe the ferns with tobacco 

 liquor in which a little soft soap has been dissolved, as this will make it more 

 adhesive. Take care to syringe well under as well as over the fronds. If possible 

 do the syrirging in the evening, and then by ventilating early in the morning the 

 odour will pass from the conservatory. Continue with the tobacco mixture on 

 several successive evenings, and then give a thorough syringing with clean water. 

 Frequent syringings will be necessary to prevent a repetition of the attack. 



Garden and Greenhouse.— Ajax, Whitby : Two good works that should 

 suit you are 11 The Amateurs' Flower Garden " and "The Amateurs' Greenhouse 

 and Conservatory," 3s. 6d. each, Messrs. W. H. and L. Collingiidge, 148* and 

 149, Aldersgate Street, E.C. The whole of the information you desire is not con- 

 tained in any one book of small size or price. If a handbook of kitchen garden 

 work and fruit culture is needed "The Amateurs' Kitchen Garden" may be 

 added ; same price and publishers. 



Grapes Shanking.— W. II., Middlesex: It is a bad case of shanking, 

 and due, no doubt, to a moist and close atmosphere. The disease was aggravated 

 by the sulphuring and syringing. It is also probable, judging from the main 

 stem, that the roots have been, or are, much too dry ; this, of course, you will be 

 best able to radge, and rectify the evil if it exists. Nothing can be ^ done to save 

 the crop if all the bunches are as bad as the one sent. Give more air, and leave 

 some on all ni^ht ; when applying water to the borders commence early on a 

 warm, bright day, so that when the air is reduced at night there will not be a 

 danger of much atmospheric moisture. 



Protecting Carrations.-S. C, Ashtead : The carnations should have 



been layered, as the woody central growth is very apt to split or canker during 

 winter. Peg down the leading shoots so that the wind may not break them, and 

 then, at the approach of severe weather, cover the woody stock with finely-sifted 

 soil, ashes, or cocoanut-fibre refuse. In the case of young plants, if they were 

 layered early, well rooted, and planted out as soon as possible, there should be but 

 few casualties during the winter. Keep a few plants in pots in a cold frame, so as 

 to fill any gaps that may appear in spring. Niphetos is a good white-flowered 

 z ;cal pelargonium for bedding. 



Carnations and Rose*. 



Wellingborough 



September i 0 , 1898. 



Markets. 



Covent Garden, 



There is a fair supply of fruit, both home grown and imported, and the demand it 

 good ; grapes and greengages sell well. Vegetable supplies are moderate ttJSS 



Fruit.— English apples, 3s. to 103. per bushel ; English moes .t. 

 Channel Islands, 6d. to is. per lb ; , Denia, 5 s. to 9 s. p^tarrdfS^^^^ 

 to 6s. per case ; Dutch, 23. to 2s. 6d. per molly ; English, 4s. to 6s. 6d. peMwihrih 

 plums (Victorias), 3s. to 5s. ; Orleans, 2s. 6d. to 4 s. per half-sieve; French 2s tEw 



npr rasp? Frpnrh nrpencracres. od. to ts. nnv . ir„~i:„u ^_ u 



each ; Spanish, 4s. to 6s. 6d. per case ; lemons, 103. to 203. per case • English 

 tomatos, 3d. to 4 d. ; Channel Islards, 2d. to 3d. per lb. 1 



Flowers.— Arums, 3s. to 4s.; carnations, is. to 3s.; eucharis, 2s. to 4s 1 

 gardenias, is. to 3s. ; Lilium Harrisi, 23. to 4s. ; tea roses, 6d. to is. ; pink roses' 

 is. to 3s. ; red roses, 6d. to is. ; cattleyas, 5s. to 8s. ; Odontoglossum crispum' 

 is. 6d. to 4s. ; and tuberoses, is. to is. 6d. per dozen blooms ; Adiantum 

 cuneatum, 4s. to 8s. ; asters, 2s. to 12s. ; marguerites, 2s. to 4s. ; mignonette, 2s. to 

 4s. ; Sweet Sultan, is. to 2s. ; pansies, is. to 2s. ; pelargoniums (scarlet), 33. to' 55. 

 per dozen bunches ; stephanotis, is. to 2s. ; lily of the valley, is. to is. 6d. ; white 

 gladiolus, 8d. to is. : and pelargoniums, 4d. to 6d. per dozen sprays. 



Vegetables.— Valencia onions and Ports, 5s. to 6s. per case; English, 2s. to 

 2S. 6d. per dozen bunches ; peas, 23. to 33. ; French beans, 3s. to 4s. ; scarlet 

 runners, 23. 6d. to 3s, 6d. per bushel ; mushrooms, 33. to 6s. ; eschallots, is. to 

 2s. per 12 lb. ; parsley, 2s. to 2s. 6d. ; mint, is. 6d. to 2s. ; carrots, 2s. to 2s. 6d ; 

 turnips, 2s. to 3s. per dozen bunches ; celery, 123. to 15s, per dozen rolls ; cabbages, 

 4s. to 5s. ; marrows, 3s. 6d. to 5s. ; beetroots, 2s. to 3s. per tally ; lettuce, 9!. to is. 

 per score ; cucumbers, is. 6d. to 3s. 6d. ; cauliflowers, is. to 2s. ; endive, is. to 

 is. 4d. per dozen ; potatos, 603. to 100s. per ton. 



Borough Potato Market. 



Fruit picking and other farm operations tend to keep the market supplies of potatos 

 down, but there is not a very keen demand, so prices practically remain the samj as 

 last week. Beauty of Hebron, and Snowdrops, 4s. to 4s. 6d. ; White Hebrons. 

 Early Puritans, Sutton's Early Regents, Reading Giants, and Imperators.4S. ; Black 

 Lands, 3s. to 3s. 6d. 



_ — — — ~ ~ ' — ' ■ S * ^ — — — ^ o 



garden carnations are Raby Castle, Ketton Rose, Joe Willett, King of Scarlets, 

 Duchess of Fife, Seagull, Duke of Orleans, Mephisto, Cermania, Niphetos, 

 Mr. Reynolds Hole, and Bendigo. See recent articles in these columns for newer 

 varieties. Your query anent roses is so put that we fail to understand your needs 

 beyond a selection of button hole and tea and hybrid tea varieties. Six good 

 button-hole roses are— W. A. Richardson, Madame Chedane Guinoisseau, Ma 

 Capucine, Isabella Sprunt, Duke of York, and Homere. Six good tea-scented 

 roses— Souvenir de S. A. Prince, Catherine Mermet, Madame Cusin, Comtesse 

 de Nadaillac, The Bride, and Madame de Watteville. Six good hybrid tea roses 

 are— Caroline Testout, La France, Vicountess Folkestone, Lady Mary Fitzwilliam, 

 Grace Darling, and Kaiserin Augusta Victoria or Augustine Guinoisseau. 



Japanese Chrysanthemums at the Aquarium.— P. F. : The forty- 

 eight Japanese chrysanthemums shown by Mr. W. Mease at the N.C.S. exhibition 

 of 1897 were all distinct, and the varieties, as recorded in the GARDKKERa' 

 MAGAZINE of November 13, p. 717, were as follows: Back row — Madame 

 Carnot, Etoile de Lyon, Mrs. \V. II. Lees, M. M. de Rochetierre, Baronne A. 

 Rothschild, J. Brookes, Mrs. C. H. Payne, Viviand Morel, Hons. Panckoucke, 

 Eva Knowles, Pride of Exmouth, A. H. Wood, Lady Hanham, Simplicity, Aus- 

 tralie, and \ ellow Madame Carnot; middle row — Phoebus, Mrs. Dewar, Julie 



iter, Madame H. Hoste, Charles 



lian Gold, E. Molyneux, Mrs. J. 



Lew is, M. Gruyere, Edith Tabor, Madame Hoste, and Lady Ridgeway ; front row 

 --Mrs. C. Weeks, M >n>. < . Mohn, Colonel Chase, Sunstone, Madame M. A. de 

 Galbert, Modesto, Madame R. Ricaud, Baron Fait, Niveus, Mrs. Briscoe Iron- 

 sides, Madame Gustave Henry, N.C.S. Jubilee, Elsie Teichman, Robert Powell, 

 Robert Owen, and Viscountess Hambledon. 



Names of Flints.— H. S. W. , Kilburn : I, Hibiscus syraicus ; 2, Asplenium 



bulbifcrum ; x t Vteris tremula. 



G. G., Wandsworth : Your orchid is" Oncidium barbatum, a somewhat 

 v.r^ le .pcacs especially as regards the si ze of the flowers. 



•dumti^ distichum; 2, Ginko biloba (Salisburia 



adiantifolia), the Maidenhair tree ; 3, Lysimachia lanceolata. 



^A ame V f Fruit8 --^. C. K., Douglas I of M. : The pear is Belle Tulie, 

 and the apple apparently a deformedEckKle 



Scaramanga, Mutual Friend, Mrs. G. Carpc 

 Davis. Mrs. lilick. Chenon tie TMi a,,c»». 



Lord 



Astrachar. 



Cardinal : 6. 



THE WEATHER during the Week ending September 3. 1898. 



Stations. 



Temterature of the Air. 



1 lighest. 



Lowest 



Fahrenheit. 



Mean. 



London 



Croydon , 



Brighton 



Hristol , 



Wolverhampton 



N orwich 



Nottingham...... 



Liverpool 



Huddersfield .. 



Bradford 



Hull 



82*9 

 81*0 



73'° 



73'° 



68- 9 



79'° 



69- 6 



6Vg 

 66"o 

 69-4 



44*0 

 40*7 



44*4 

 44*o 



43*2 



43-8 



45-3 



46 2 



49-8 



Fahren 

 heit. 



6i'i 



59 'o 



59*6 



57*3 



54*7 



584 



56-4 



56'9 

 55'o 



57*7 



Centi 

 grade 



16*17 

 15*00 



i5'33 

 14*06 



I2'6l 



1467 



i3'56 



I3'83 

 12*78 



14*28 



Rainfal 



In In Centi- 

 Inches. metres. 



008 

 028 



0*14 



0*2I 



0 4 l 



0"23 



o*54 

 0*31 



o*3S 



o*44 



0'20 

 07I 

 0* 3 6 



0*53 



1'04 



C58 



i'37 



0*89 

 iia 



The mean reading of the Barometer during the week at Greenwich was 29*98 inches, and thi 

 of the Thermometer 6i Q % the latter being i°*i above the week's average in the so >eari 

 1841-90. The direction of the wind was westerly, the horizontal movement of the * r 

 30 per cent, above the week's average in the 16 years 1860-75. The duration of registered Dngm 

 sunshine in the week was 60*7 h^urs. The measured rainfall amounted to 0*08 of an incn. 



I 



CATALOGUES RECEIVED, 



B. S. Williams and Son, Uppek Hoi.loway.— Bulbs, Roses, &c. 

 John Peed and Sons, Roupeli. Pakk, Norwood, S.E.— Bulbs, &c. 

 W. Baylor Hartland, Cork.— Tulips, Daffodils, &c. 

 W. Lovel and Sons, Dpi i- field. — Strawberries. 



i;. H. Krelagb and Son, Haarlem, Holland.— Dutch and Cape BO ds. 

 H. Cannell and Son. Swanlev.— Shrubs, Vines, Strawber-.es, &C 



WEEK 



ENGAGEMENTS FOR THE 



Monday, September 12.— United Horticultural Benefit and Provident Society. Committee 



meeting. # . 



Wednesday, September 14.— Royal Caledonian Horticultural Society; Three days. 



AUCTIONS. ■ ■ XNP 16.- 



Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, Septkmper -2 ,13, M. »5. M § 

 Hyacinths, Tulips, Crocus, Narcissus, Dutch Bulbs, &c, Messrs. Protheroe aoa 

 Rooms, Cheapside, E.C. ... .u „„„ m ; -< Dvfton ' 



Monday, September i 2 .-Pot Plants, Messrs. Protheroe and M >ms, on the preraw, 1 



Lane Nurseries, Upper Edmonton. , . r . u ,iKc Mr I C. Steve-' 



Monday and Wednesday, September 12 and 14.— Dutch and French Hull*, Mr. j. v. 



King Street, Co vent Garden. » avd 16 — Wintet 



Tuesday, Wednesday. Thursday, and Friday, September j 3» M».»5« A7iV 



blooming Heaths and Greenhouse Plants. Messrs. Protheroe and Morns. 



and Mcrn 



CONTENTS. 



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A Kcautiful New Daffodil 

 Allies of the Winter Moth 

 An Isle of Wight Garden 

 Answers to Correspondents 

 Catalogues Received 



Chrysanthemums 



Engagements f ^r the Ensuing Week 

 Exhibitions and Meetings 



Hath Floral Fete * 



National Dahlia Society 



People's Palace Horticultural Society 



Ko>al Aquarium ~ 



Royal Horticultural Society 

 . Sutton Coldneld Gardeners' Mutual I m- 

 ^ provement Society 

 Horticulture in the Isle of Wight 

 Hunnemannia fumarisefolia ... 



Leaves from a Rambler s Note bock 

 Markets ... 



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New Books 



New Plants and Flowers ... 



Notes of the Week . . 



Associated Park Bbp^"^ 

 Decorative Aspect of the Dahlu 



Seeds 



Notes on Orchids \f usC »i 

 Setting and Colouring of Muscu 



Alexandria Cirape 

 The Return of the Hollyhock 



Weather 



Wentworth House 

 Work for the Week 



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ILLUSTRATIONS- 



Great Winter or Mottled l mb : r Moth 



Hunnemannia Fumarucfoha - 



Narcissus Victoria 



l'ale Brindled Beauty Moth ... - 



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biliousness, and that soft of ^ ^ ^ 



thing 

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Tried 



dear sir, of course 



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